TripAdvisor Reviews Shin-Osaka Sunny Stone Hotel

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... I am learning more and more gymnastics terms in Japanese and the kids have learned a few key phrases: "Spot, please" "watch me!" "show me" "may I please go to the toilet" "may I please get a drink" "handstand" "cartwheel" "handspring" "cast to handstand" "point" "straight legs" "square hips" etc....I'm excited to see how much they will learn in the next year and I hope to have a basic understanding of the Japanese language.

... and different. After a photo session I said a quick prayer and we departed to walk the Nanba walk.

The Nanba walk turned out to be a huge long underground shopping complex. From the train station we found the Chicago gallery a collection of pictures in a passageway between the station and shopping complex. The gallery wasn't very big and contained no famous or well-known works but we still spent a few minutes examining them. In the shopping ...

... I'd come back with good news. I asked strangers on the street, strangers in convenience stores, where oh friggin where is Yasaka Shrine? Oh where oh where could she be??? No real consensus, but one expat lady did seem more confident in the general whereabouts than others, so I followed her. Woooo, there's that @!#%ing shrine at last! But where's the hostel?? No signs, anywhere.. The lady had gone and we were left walking up and down the street (at least it was ...

... reception area was gorgeous so we were sure that our rooms were going to be great. Unfortunately we couldn't check in until 2pm, so we quickly bought some umbrellas and headed off in search of lunch. As we are staying on Shijo Dori (the Main Street) our choices were endless. We ended up decided on a buffet style place, where you grab a tray, and walk along a line of freshly cooked food, choosing what you want. You then pay at the end ...

... saw us traipsing zombie-like from platform to subway to the Keihan line, another change then a 750 metre walk and we made it. Nobu, the house owner, was waiting for us and showed us all of the features and bits and bobs of the house. We eloped the neighbourhood, bought some treats in the supermarket a few doors down - Japanese supermarkets are full of delicious delicacies - then returned to eat, shower, change an d then ...